Neilsville Man Killed in Polk County Crash

A 36-year-old man is dead after the vehicle he was driving struck the back of a tractor-trailer in Polk County Tuesday morning.

According to the State Patrol, a GMC tractor-trailer driven by a 21-year-old Thief River Falls man was stopped in the northbound lane of Highway 75 waiting to turn west at 410th Street when it was struck from behind by a Chevy Blazer also traveling northbound.

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That vehicle was driven by 36-year-old Jason Jerome Nelson of Neilsville, who was not wearing a seat belt and died at the scene. Roads were dry at the time and alcohol did not play a factor in the crash, according to the State Patrol report.